18 Dec 2025
For Agenda Alliance, 2025 was all about continuing to develop our alliance and building a movement for challenging the unmet needs that women and girls face.
In November, we held our first ever in-person Members’ Convention, where we were joined by so many our member organisations from every corner of the country. The day was a strong reminder of the power of our alliance, and how we are nothing without our combination of local, specialist organisations and well-known, national campaign groups – all with the shared mission of overhauling the systems and services that are currently failing women and girls.
With that in mind, we are delighted to have been joined by six fantastic members over the course of this year, who are based across the country – from Devon all the way up to Sunderland. Meet the newest members of our alliance:
Abianda is a charity based in London that works with young women and girls up to the age of 25 affected by criminal exploitation and violence, and provides training for the professionals who work with them. This year, we’ve been delighted to partner with Abianda and Social Finance to oversee the Girls and Young Women Local Groups Fund, a new initiative by The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in London which aims to strengthen both direct support and the evidence base on what works, by offering grants to London-based community groups already working with women and girls impacted by violence and exploitation. Find out more about the fund here.
Watering Your Soul is a Manchester-based community interest company offering trauma-informed support for women who have experienced domestic abuse, problems with drugs and alcohol, homelessness, or involvement with the criminal justice system. Founded by a survivor of domestic abuse, Watering Your Soul is built on empathy and lived experience - creating a warm, understanding environment where women can find hope, healing, and empowerment.
Based in Sunderland, Own My Life is a charity delivering a specialist course enabling women who have survived abuse to regain ownership of their lives. Those working in the domestic abuse sector have described Own My Life as “revolutionary” and "mindblowing". Own My Life is delivered both with groups and one-to-one across the UK, Ireland and beyond, by local organisations trained by the organisation. Combining decades of research about abuse and trauma with an innovative and transformational methodology, Own My Life equip practitioners to give women the skills to understand abuse, make sense of their lives and move forward with hope and positivity.
Rockpool Life CIC provide practical trauma-informed training and development, to equip frontline workers with the concrete skills they need to help people affected by psychological trauma. Based in Devon, Rockpool Life’s experts by experience deliver training programmes that combine real practitioner experience with evidence-based methods, teaching teams how to recognise trauma responses and work effectively with vulnerable individuals.
Luton All Women’s Centre (LAWC) has been supporting women and girls in Luton and Bedfordshire since the early 1990s. Offering a wide-range of advisory, informative, practical and holistic support services, LAWC’s aim is to challenge gender inequality and empower women and girls to enjoy lives that are safer, healthier and fairer. The Women’s Centre, situated in central Luton, welcomes all women, regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, belief or sexuality. Many of the women and girls LAWC support have complex or multiple support needs – and frequently these have been caused by traumatic experiences such as domestic abuse, violence, coercion, harmful practices or sexual exploitation. They offer professional and peer-led support, structured group sessions, wellbeing workshops, professional counselling, exercise classes, health drop-in sessions and a range of opportunities for recreational and social activities.
Based in the North East of England, Her Circle is an organisation led by and for women. They provide specialist support to women in overcoming the challenges of ‘complex motherhood’ through holistic support services. Her Circle define complex motherhood as ‘the experience of mothering while managing challenges such as homelessness, poor mental health, substance misuse, sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, trauma, poverty, and experience of the criminal justice system or care.’ As well as providing support, Her Circle conduct innovative research, and work to amplify the voices of women with lived experience of complex motherhood in everything they do.
Looking forward
We can’t wait to work with all 130 of our committed, passionate member organisations next year.
We are taking the learning from the Member Convention and reviewing all aspects of our alliance - from the application process at the beginning, to the design of one unifying campaign as an alliance. Keep an eye out for more information, including a strategy that will set out how we plan to build a shared movement for change with our membership and improve the lives of women and girls facing the sharpest forms of marginalisation.